After months of speculation (names like Alfonso Cuarón, Danny Boyle and Edward Berger were all thrown around), Dune’s Denis Villeneuve has now been confirmed as the first director of the new James Bond era.
It’s not as if it’s ever been an easy job but it’s likely never been quite this hard. Not only must Villeneuve contend with new Bond bosses at Amazon eager to scatter click-to-buy links throughout action set pieces but he’s also going to introduce an entirely new 007.
But who will that be? Rumours have suggested names such as Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Aaron Pierre, Theo James and James Norton but without any firm intel to go on, it’s anyone’s guess.
Taylor-Johnson fueled speculation at the recent premiere for 28 Years Later when he was asked, “What are you doing next?”, and he replied, “I can’t talk about it,” before being swiftly escorted away. Ex-Bond Pierce Brosnan also supported Hardy as a potential pick, saying his MobLand co-star would be “wonderful”. When James was asked about it in a Guardian interview, he said the prospect would be “terrifying”.
We’d like to know in the comments who you think should follow Daniel Craig and why.
